Hey everyone, it's Alex. We'll be back again next week with episode 108. In the meantime,

we'd just like to say thank you to everyone who donated to our Kickstarter campaign.

And we wanted to let you know that if you missed our Kickstarter and are interested in

donating, visit our website at theblocktapespodcast.com slash support. And we'll still honor all of

the Kickstarter rewards. The Block Tapes podcast is sponsored by Rocket

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The Strand Institute received a letter from a Block Tapes podcast listener. This is from Daniel R,

from New York. Dear Dr. Strand, I am an actor in New York studying at NYU. Four years ago, I was

doing a face study exercise in which I stood in front of my bathroom mirror staring at my face.

I won't bore you with the details of the exercise itself, but it required me to stare at my eyes

for about a minute. I had been doing this exercise often on throughout the week preparing for a scene,

when one night, during the exercise, I noticed a change in my face. It seemed to transform before

my eyes, and it looked like my face was melting. My eyes started drooping until it didn't look like my

face anymore, but someone else is staring right back at me. I was stunned when it first happened,

but I chalked it up to fatigue. But it happened again on two other occasions.

I have since moved from that rundown apartment, and it didn't happen again, even though I tried to

recreate it in my new place. Then one night last week, I was out having dinner with friends,

and I excused myself to go to the restroom. As I was washing my hands, I looked into the mirror,

and I found myself staring at a face that wasn't mine. My heart skipped a beat as I found myself

looking once again at the face I had seen years before. But it was different this time. I don't know

how I knew this, but I understood, with complete certainty, that whatever it was staring back at me,

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